Case report: drug-induced melanosis in 21-year-old woman treated by gingival depigmentation

Indah Puti Rahmayani Sabirin*    -  Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Indonesia
Zalfa Puspa Fakhira  -  Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Cimahi, Indonesia, Indonesia

(*) Corresponding Author

Background: Oral pigmentation can be caused by long-term consumption, smoking or physiology. Drug induced melanosis is one of the oral pigmentation caused by long-term medication use. Changes in the color of the oral mucosa can be and provide local or systemic diagnostics, it is necessary to carry out a significant examination and findings from the patient properly.
Case Report: The method used is a case report with primary data analysis obtained through anamnesis, as well as intra-oral examination
Conclusion: The diagnosis of patients with drug induced melanosis with clinical features found in the gingiva of the maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth, this is because the patient has a history of bronchitis and has been taking antibiotics for a long time. To overcome this pigmentation, the patient underwent OHI and gingival depigmentation treatment and the results showed reduced gingival pigmentation after 1 month postoperatively.

Keywords: drug-induced melanosis; gingival depigmentation; oral pigmentation

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